Secure Group Communications over Data Networks

• Main Authors: Zou, Xukai (Author), Ramamurthy, Byrav (Author), Magliveras, Spyros S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Data structures (Computer science).; Data encryption (Computer science).; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Data Encryption.; Computer Communication Networks.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.; Communications Engineering, Networks.

This book provides a concise survey of principles and state-of-the-art techniques for secure group communications (SGC) over data networks. It offers an overview of secure algorithms and protocols for group communication linking areas such as applied cryptography and computer networking. Also includ...

Table of Contents:

• Typical Group Key Management Schemes
• Tree Based Key Management Schemes
• Dynamic Conferencing Schemes
• Secure Group Communications with Hierarchical Access Control
• SGC Challenges and SGC for Wireless Networks
• Concluding Remarks.